Physical activity protects against coronary death and deaths from all causes in middle-aged men: Evidence from a 20-year follow-up of the primary prevention study in Goteborg

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-75

  Rosengren, Annika ^a   Wilhelmsen, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cancer; Coronary disease; physical activity; population study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031048463     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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